Day 4 and over 3400 miles have been pedaled.

We have more potatoes claiming “official” status today. Decapotato finished with 128.6 miles. You Be Yameen is over the line with 109.6 miles. Swisher Sweet Potato is also finished with 105.4 miles. Congratulations to you all – enjoy your magnets.

We have a few more potatoes off the couch – 115 on the road. Remember, if you start, you really should finish!

Here’s what y’all had to say about your rides:

For reasons beyond our control (life happens), we don’t have stories for you today. Look for more tomorrow!

As always, your links:
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Reminder – you need to enter miles using the email address you registered with. If we preregistered you, and your email changed, please let us know. We’re chasing a couple potatoes to be sure they get credit for their miles. Please verify miles with the link above.

Happy Pedaling,

Madam Tuber

Day 3 and over 2700 miles have been pedaled.

Green Eggs & Yam has achieved that 100 mile milestone with 125 miles. The 2026 Le Tour de Couch Potato now has 96 potatoes on the road. We’re starting to hear from some of our new potatoes as well. Enjoy all the experiences everyone is having. Hoping this is our year to make the 30,000 mile goal.

Here’s what y’all had to say about your rides:

Potato on LaVine-Would have liked more but had one eye on the storm clouds…still no rain here!

Chip-n-Dale-Hurricane Ridge Threshold Ride today.

Phrier Di-Started out just after sunrise with the wind at our backs. Stage 1 was mostly flat, but the wind made the return more difficult! The bugs were out along the river and Phrier Phil returned with many plastered to his little bald head. 

CycoTater-Radar lied. Got rained on but it kept me cool:)

Grape Tater-Ouch, just ouch. No matter how much I spend on chamois shorts or fitted saddles, that first ride bike always hurts. I guess that is what happens when you only ride 100 miles per year.

Kathryn-the-Great Tator-Early ride into Tai Chi. Cool breeze off the Great Lake and brilliant sunshine. Really memorable.

Mac Tattie-Rocked out for 40 minutes with Denis Norton on Peloton.

Mann, I Feel Like a Potato-6am start to beat the heat!

Yes Ma’am Yam-Fog for the first half of the ride then out came the sun. Was soaked from the damp air even though it was not raining. Weird feeling riding threw fog.

Phrier Phil-Our first ride in Le Tour de Couch Potato was a good one. Fortunately, the smoke from the wildfires here in western Colorado cleared a little over night. We wanted to beat the heat so we got up early and started our ride at 6:35am. The temperatures had cooled a bit overnight so the temps for our ride were in the mid 70’s. Wow! If we could share the cooler temps with those who are riding back east, we would. Our route was along the colorado river on the trail built by Grand Junction and Mesa County. It is. beautiful trail system for bikers and walkers. The only downside for riding that trail next to the river early in the morning is that the gnats like to hover on the trail and find their way inside my helmet and onto my bald head! Oh well, it does give my wife something to laugh at me about! We’ll see how our ride is tomorrow!

Potato Prez-After a brutal 10K race on Saturday, I’m finally off the couch with 41 bike miles.

Pump up the Yam-Another warm ride with Buck-a-Spud and Toni the Spud and 15+ other riders…

Judy (now Bod Squad Tater)-Thanks for the motivation! Got me back in the saddle after 3 years of seeing my bike and helmet in the garage every day, ensuring tires inflated just in case, ya know, I decided to take a spin….and now I’m rolling again. Shout out to Frying Nun!  

As always, your links:
Log your miles & Check your stats

Reminder – you need to enter miles using the email address you registered with. If we preregistered you, and your email changed, please let us know. We’re chasing a couple potatoes to be sure they get credit for their miles. Please verify miles with the link above.

Happy Pedaling,

Madam Tuber

Day 2 brings us over 1500 miles and three of our potatoes over half way.

The 2026 Le Tour de Couch Potato is off to a hot start with 79 potatoes already on the road. Our goal is 30,000 miles – same as other years and we have yet to make it. Will this be the year? Note: See Reminder Below!

Here’s what y’all had to say about your rides:

Hot Potato-Biking in Costa Rica

Potato Chip Rock-124 minutes on the Peloton to get another 35 minutes

Marshmallow Fluff Potato-hats off to the folks who are riding outside in this weather:} been riding on my peloton…btw…i’m #geezergl on the bike :]

Betty Crocker Tater-A sunflower  field was an unexpected surprise.

Buck_A-Spud, Toni the Spud, and Pump Up the Yam were out together-Had a nice leisurely ride around Reedville, VA, with Toni the Spud and Pump Up the Yam!

Yam Kronen-Spinnin’ in the Frunch Room…LOL

Chip-n-Dale-Kloshe Nanitch Power Ride this morning.

Pomme Soufflees-Early morning ride watching the race-so happy

CycoTater-Blessedly cooler today!!!

Frying Nun-Went to spin class at the Y. Didn’t want to fry in 100+ degree heat outside. Thanks to, Anne, the spin instructor!

Kathryn-the-Great-Tater-Tuber or not Tuber and I biked from our place to state park on Madeline Island in Lake Superior off the Bayfield WI peninsula.Mighty but beautiful wind off the big lake.

Spud Luda-Encountered 2 Amish families traveling to church meetings via horse drawn buggies.

Yes Ma’am Yam-Rode with husband. Had a nice “easy” (hard) ride as we pushed each other in the way back home.

Castro Tato-Trails were LIT! this morning after last night’s rain

Bumble Spud-First potato ride!

Russett Rhodes-We spotted a beautiful field of sunflowers along our route, just like the ones we see during the Tour de France.

Raul-tato-Experiencing our first rides in Montana, and after taking yesterday off for Independence day celebrations, we went to the Missouri Headwaters Park. The rails to trails connection to the park and the town of Three Forks really got us into the explorer mode!

Swan Song Spud-OBX Vacation

Tuber or Not Tuber-Headwind in both directions kept the Lake Superior flies away.

You Be Yameen-stayed in the subdivision 

As always, your links:
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Reminder – you need to enter miles using the email address you registered with. If we preregistered you, and your email changed, please let us know. We’re chasing a couple potatoes to be sure they get credit for their miles. Please verify miles with the link above.

Happy Pedaling,

Madam Tuber

Happy Birthday America! Day 1 and we already have 29 potatoes on the road and over 400 miles logged.

As we start our 16th year, we’re hoping to see a lot of milestones met. Today was a hot one for most of the country so we had a lot of HOT potatoes today. Hopefully you were able to beat the heat – I know I rode inside today! So glad Spud Funk is OK (see below).

Here’s what y’all had to say about your rides:

Spudly-Beat the heat by riding the Peloton while watching the Tour on Peacock

Marshmallow Fluff Potato-great to be back :}

Chip-n-Dale-The Bogachiel Rainforest Climb this morning. Happy 250th!

Pommes Soufflées-Indoor ride with East Coast heat wave

Harley Taterson-It will be 105 degrees today on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I started my tour at 8am this morning and it was beautiful on the back, flat roads surrounding Trappe, MD

CycoTater-I am happy to be back on the bike after a 6 month hiatus secondary to thumb surgery!! Even though I rode early this morning, it was still hotter than the bowels of hell out there. Stay hydrated Taters.

Fat Tire Tater-Was chased by a small dog. I had to stop and wait for the owner to chase it away . That has seldom happened in 55 years of riding 

Fo Fanna Potato-Yay! First day of LTDCP! Off the couch with Sewin Spuds in Chincoteague! Early morning ride meant there were more mosquitoes than humans out there! I swear I took off my helmet after the ride and two of the little buggers flew out! Cheers to a very itchy (but really fun) July 4th adventure

Frying Nun-Steamy like a hot potato!

Chilli Cheese Fries-Shake down ride in 100 degrees temps

Bud Spud-On Kent Island for a 4th of July Wedding with Microchip we battled the heat and biked the Cross Island Trail so happy to hit the air conditioning afterwards

Castro Tato-My friend made the 7am pedals up

Uetz Chips-Downed trees from the storm last night made it difficult to navigate one of my favorite trails

The Spudster-HOT !!!!!!

Seitz and Sounds-I am frozen French fry kinda guy, not a burnt to a crisp fritter dude.

Tottering Tater-Watching the World Cup while riding first ride

Nip it in the Spud-Beat the heat but just barely.

Spud Funk-Wasn’t sure if I was going to have a bike to ride on today. We traveled down to SC for the 4th. We were rear ended at a stop sign. Of course my bike was on the rack on the back. Actually, the car that hit us got the worst of it as my hitch took the brunt of the hit. Cracked grill and dent in hood. However, my bike suffered a little damage- broken spokes and handle bars shifted. Thanks to Pee Dee Bike Shop, got it back on July 3rd and ready to go. Got a tune-up as well and bike rode great after doing a 4th of July 5km in the morning.

As always, your links:
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Remember – we grab miles around 4:30 – 5:00 each day. If you don’t see your miles yet, you will soon – it’s a manual process. We’ll start some “Pedaling by the Numbers” soon!

Happy Pedaling,

Madam Tuber

To all Pedaling Potatoes,

It’s that magical time of year again when we dust off our bikes, squeeze back into our cycling shorts (or at least attempt to), and set off on the greatest cycling adventure known to mankind. No, not the Tour de France – we’re talking about the far more prestigious Le Tour de Couch Potato 2026.

Registration is now open, and we’re ready for another season of questionable athletic decisions, friendly competition, and convincing ourselves that riding to the mailbox totally counts as training.

Returning riders: If you participated in 2025—whether you completed the full challenge or only logged a portion of the miles—you have already been registered for 2026. No forms, no paperwork, no excuses. Please take a quick look at the registration list to confirm your name is there. If something looks wrong, reach out to me or Duchess Potato and we’ll get it sorted out.

For everyone else, now’s your chance to join the peloton of potatoes and sign up for another year of riding, laughing, and proving that couch potatoes can, in fact, travel great distances when properly motivated.

See you on the road.

Registration

Rules

Happy Pedaling,

Madam Tuber

Hello again couch potatoes! We are counting down the the Grand Depart for the 15th annual Le Tour de Couch Potato. In about a month, June 1st to be exact, registration will be open. Dust off those bikes, gather your friends, and get ready to pedal.

We’re here to ride 100 miles in 23 days, starting on July 4 and pedaling through July 26. Our event is for anyone – whether you pedal to the pub for a beer or up a mountain because you can, we hope you’ll join us.

We can’t wait to get everyone signed up when registration opens on June 1st. Get ready, Couch Potatoes, for a ride to remember. We’ll see you there!

Rules

Happy Pedaling,

Madam Tuber